Broken Age is an episodic point click adventure game made by Double Fine Productions. Broken Age's plot involves two teenagers: Vella (left) who is to be sacrificed to protect her home village from a giant monster, and Shay (right) who appears to be the only passenger on a spacecraft monitored by an overly motherly computer. The game's art has been praised, and called "lush and gorgeous, with the feel of an interactive children’s storybook".
The game is as basic as it gets gameplay wise, but what makes the game stand out the most is the voice acting. The lead characters of Shay and Vella give hilarious yet witty remarks when you fail at solving puzzles or repeat unnecessary steps often. Shay's voice actor is Elijah Wood, and Vella's voice actress is Masasa Moyo.
I really enjoyed how Broken Age was thought provoking and how it made players question what is right or wrong, what do you know about sacrifice, reality vs comforting lies, feminism, overprotective parenting, and other topics you have to play to find out.
I mean Vella's storyline alone is worth a play-through. I laughed out of my chair at how Vella tried to point out that her fate is being a sacrificial maiden that must be eaten by a monster for the greater good of the community and no one wants to fight for her life.
The company really struggled to raise money to get a budget together to make the game, therefore development for Broken Age was episodic. Fortunately, Act 1 sales were sufficient enough to progress with a project to have Act 2 developed but no date for a release has been given.
Overall, I will join my peers and give Broken Age a well deserve 9.0/10. Broken age is a great game that really makes you think to solve puzzles, addresses social stigmas and issues, adolescent fears and expectations, and crosses boundaries.
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